This paper documents for the first time the relationship between profitability and three types of international trade …

other aspects of firm behaviour. In this paper we consider the impact of minimum wages on firm profitability by exploiting … firm profitability was significantly reduced (and wages significantly raised) by the minimum wage introduction. This … residential care homes, and a second on firms across all sectors). Interestingly, we find no evidence that the profitability …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that … with a lower level of profitability in these firms. If anything, profitability is (slightly) higher in firms with a larger …

Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It … documents that the positive profitability differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically significant …. Instead, we use a newly developed continuous treatment approach and show that exporting improves the profitability almost over …

Texas is the only state that does not mandate that employers carry workers' compensation insurance (WC) coverage. We … traditional workers' compensation to a so-called non-subscription program in Texas. Specifically, we compare before and after … effects of switching to non-subscription for employees in Texas to contemporaneously measured before and after differences for …

activities towards innovation. We also find that international services outsourcing has a positive effect on profitability, as …

: profitability and labor productivity increase, while overheads and investment fall. In contrast, we find limited effects on pay …